[rayiner]

He assumed you were a gang member and the shooting was gang related. Which probably isn't a bad heuristic. Most of the time when gangs shoot up a rival gang members car, they don't accidentally get the wrong one.

[lhc-]

Something tells me that in those cases, the gang members don't usually call the cops to investigate it.

[owenjones]

Doesn't the fact that assumptions like these, when made by the police, can land you in jail or much worse prove the point?

What if he also assumed I was lying, drunk or armed?

[jessaustin]

Most of the time...

Citation needed.